Post a peer response to the following two peer writing. Make these POSITIVE posts, do not point out misshaps, instead focus on what they stated well and what you agree with. PEER RESPONSE ONE:COLLAPSE...

I really enjoyed reading this week's information. I feel like the conversation about telecommuting is actually spot on for the way the world is going now. With the pandemic, so many more people are working from home and utilizing technology in order to get their jobs complete. The company that I am working for now cut over half of the in person positions and moved them to strictlytelehealthwhich has presented its own challenges of making sure that work is getting done and people are actually working during work hours and not just running out the clock. I am actually currently managing a department where all employees are working from home. I have had to be able to incorporate and evaluate ways that I am able to continue for the employees to feel connected and to also establish accountability.

When making personal calls and doing personal things during work hours, you are essentially cheating the company out of time and out of money. I know there are many people that do not see it this way and feel as if it not that big of a deal. But a company is paying you in trust that you are working the full hours that you are being paid for. This is unfortunately a conversation that I have had to have quite often with employees and this is often an issue that leads to termination of their employment.

I also believe that there is also a line between work life and home life balance. If you have employees that work as hard as they can to complete their tasks on a daily basis, then I feel as if it is not okay to ask the employees to work on their own time, especially when they are not getting paid for the work they are doing. I have also been on this end where I have been asked to do so much work and be a salaried employee and work way more than 40 hours a week without any compensation. It really leads to burn out and eventually you lose your good employees because they are exhausted and miserable not getting to enjoy life.

I have found that there can be a thin line between quality control and protecting the privacy rights of your employees. It is not efficient and smart as a manager to burn up all of your energy all day long trying to spy on your employees to make sure they are doing what they are suppose to. If you setKPI'sfor them to work toward and set deadlines for these goals to be accomplished, then you will eventually find out if your employees are working the way that they should be. Their work will speak for itself.

PEER RESPONSE TWO

• Discuss theethicalityof making/receiving personal calls/messages while at work.
  • It is quite normal to receive personal phone calls at work, however, employees should keep it to a minimum while at work. Furthermore, text messaging can be disrupting and time-consuming, especially if you are in a meeting and facing a deadline. Also, the employees should be mindful of certain times when cell-phone must be on vibrate. These includes but not limited to :
    • • When talking with a potential or current customer
      • When offering / selling a potential product over the phone
      • Internal meeting or external meeting.
      • When dealing with the public, especially if you are the face of a public company.
• Discuss theethicalityof asking an employee to finish a task on personal time.
  • Asking an employee to finish a task on time can be very ethical, and sometimes necessary to run a business. However, employer often need to evaluate reasons why such employee is not producing in a timely manner, and is this a trend or uncharacteristic of the individual. Perhaps the employee is going through a divorce, or experiencing traumatic stress in their personal life. Employers should be wise to treat their team as humans and build trustamong their company to foster an environment of self-empowermentand not of micro-management.
    
• How can a firm control work quality if an employee is working virtually?
  • There is unequivocally no argument'sthat the Coronavirushas changed the game and accelerated virtual office by years. While working from home was already a trend, many employers are still struggling to adapt to this paradigm shift. Thus, this resulted in creative ways that employers can maintain high quality work while unable to see the employees visually. According to Ludwig, (2020, April 6) These include but not limited to:
    
    • Provide the team with productivitytool, such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Hangouts.
    • Establish daily huddle to ensure everyone is on-track for project's completion.
    • Encourage dedicated home-office so that they can prevent distractions
• Where are the boundaries between employer quality control monitoring and employee privacy rights?
  • According toWorkplace Monitoring: Where Do Employers Draw The Line? XXXXXXXXXXEmployers should do the following:
    • Maintain and enforce formal workplace policies with clear monitoring and acceptable use of company's Intellectual properties.
    • Consult with their legal department before implementing and proceed with any monitoring practices that may be invasive and without written consent.
    • Employers should also consider any non-gray areas which limit their ability to monitor employees when there is a collectivebargainingagreement or union policies.

References :

Ludwig, S. (2020, April 6).How to Encourage Remote Workers to be Productive.Https://Www.Uschamber.Com/Co.https://www.uschamber.com/co/run/human-resources/encouraging-productivity-for-remote-workers

Workplace Monitoring: Where Do Employers Draw The Line? XXXXXXXXXXJD Supra.https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/workplace-monitoring-where-do-employers-17117/